Getting to know your Hawaiian Lobeliads

Hawaiian Lobeliads

“Unquestionably the crowning glory of our flora are the arborescent lobelias.” Vaughan MacCoughey -Botanical Gazette, 1917

A group of monophyletic plants within the Bellflower family (Campanulaceae) that are thought to have arrived in the Hawaiian chain roughly 13 million years ago. Many are orthophilous with a few exceptions. They are among the largest radiation of oceanic island plants derived from a single ancestor.

*I am currently (2022) updating the phylogeny following the great work of Lammers, Givnish, and Hunter. While no consensus yet, I’ll keep updating and revising as new information comes along.

Genus Lobelia sect. Galeatella
#23		Lobelia gaudichaudii
Genus Trematolobelia
#37		Trematolobelia kaalae
#9		Trematolobelia kauaiensis
#35		Trematolobelia macrostachys
#1		Trematolobelia singularis
Genus  Brighamia
#15		Brighamia insignis
Genus Delissea
#25		Delissea kauaiensis
#24		Delissea rhytidosperma
#11		Delissea waianaeensis
Genus Lobelia sect. Revolutella
#7		Lobelia monostachya
#16		Lobelia niihauensis
#38		Lobelia yuccoides
Genus Cyanea sect. Purple Fruited Clade
#6		Cyanea angustifolia
#31		Cyanea asarifolia
#32		Cyanea hardyi
#2		Cyanea leptostegia
#36		Cyanea membrenacea
#28		Clermontia pyrularia
#14		Cyanea superba
Genus Clermontia
#10		Clermontia faurei
#22		Clermontia hawaiiensis
#4		Clermontia kakeana
#30		Clermontia lindseyana
#8		Clermontia oblongifolia
#21		Clermontia parviflora
#19		Clermontia persicifolia
Genus Cyanea sect. Orange Fruited Clade
#26		Cyanea acuminata
#33		Cyanea calycina
#5		Cyanea crispa
#29		Cyanea grimesiana grimesiana
#12		Cyanea hirtella
#18		Cyanea humboldtiana
#34		Cyanea konahuanuiensis
#3		Cyanea koolauensis
#27		Cyanea lanceolata
#13		Cyanea truncata
Incertae sedis
#20		Cyanea arborea
#17		Cyanea pohaku